Now this is the last thing I expected to write about tonight, but Variety is reporting a lawsuit was filed Wednesday in a Hawaii federal court alleging X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer “forcibly sodomized” the plaintiff, Michael Egan, at the age of 17. Egan’s name was published in a press release issued by his lawyer, alleging “Singer provided him with drugs and alcohol and flew him to Hawaii on more than one occasion in 1999.” Age of consent in Hawaii is 16, but this isn’t exactly a case of underage abuse.
Variety reports his attorney confirmed Egan is seeking an unspecified amount in damages in the civil suit.
The site also says registered sex offender, and former chairman of Digital Entertainment Network, Marc Collins-Rector, is also named in the lawsuit, accused of initiating the sexual abuse of Egan and arranging for Singer to assault Egan at a house in Encino, California and it gets worse:
The lawsuit alleges that Collins-Rector and his Digital Entertainment Network investors, including Singer, would lure young men to a house dubbed the M & C Estate in Encino to intoxicate and sexually assault a number of teenage boys and that many in the Hollywood industry were aware of the “notorious parties.”
Egan’s lawyer, Jeff Herman, was quoted saying, “Hollywood has a problem with the sexual exploitation of children… This is the first of many cases I will be filing to give these victims a voice and to expose the issue.”
Variety‘s article also includes a description of one of the alleged encounters:
Collins-Rector ordered Plaintiff out of the pool, and Defendant Singer hugged Plaintiff and grabbed his bare buttocks. They then went to the jacuzzi where Collins-Rector had Plaintiff sit on his lap and fondled Plaintiff’s genitals. Collins-Rector then passed Plaintiff to Defendant Singer and Plaintiff was made to sit on Defendant Singer’s lap. Defendant Singer provided an alcoholic beverage to Plaintiff and mentioned finding a role for him in an upcoming movie that he was directing. Defendant Singer told Plaintiff how “this group” controls Hollywood, and that he was sexy. Defendant Singer masturbated Plaintiff and then performed oral sex upon him. Defendant Singer solicited Plaintiff to perform oral sex upon him which Plaintiff resisted. Defendant Singer flagrantly disregarded Plaintiff’s unwillingness to submit, and forced Plaintiff’s head underwater to make Plaintiff perform oral sex upon him. When Plaintiff pulled his head out of the water in order to breathe, Defendant Singer demanded that he continue which Plaintiff refused. Defendant Singer then forced Plaintiff to continue performing oral sex upon him outside of the pool, and subsequently forcibly sodomized Plaintiff.
Obviously there will be much more to this as more details surface, but, if true, this is pretty sick stuff.
The Hollywood Reporter has already been in touch with Singer’s lawyer, Martin Singer (no relation), who told the trade, “The claims made against Bryan Singer are completely without merit… We are very confident that Bryan will be vindicated in this absurd and defamatory lawsuit.
“It is obvious that this case was filed in an attempt to get publicity at the time when Bryan’ s new movie (X-Men: Days of Future Past) is about to open in a few weeks,” Singer’s lawyer said.
I’m sure we’ll know more soon as Herman has scheduled a press conference tomorrow in Los Angeles.
